Dairy Farm Herdsman / Herd Manager

Farm Job Search; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Traditional farmhouse provided

Job summary

Farm Job Search is seeking a Dairy Farm Herdsman / Herd Manager in Missouri. The role covers herd health from birth to lactation, with involvement in breeding, hospital work, mastitis treatment, and parlor operations. You will respond to urgent issues, run ovsynch and vaccination protocols, and assist with pen management and vet referrals.

The position reports to the owner and requires flexibility to cover relief duties, including milker or feeder tasks, as the operation expands toward 650 cows.

Qualifications

• Breeding, hospital work, mastitis treatment
• Respond to immediate concerns (down cows, calf pulling, sick cows)
• Identify cows for vet and hoof trimmer
• Experience with ovsynch and vaccination protocols
• Familiarity with dairy equipment helps
• Willingness to work reports to owner weekly

Responsibilities

• Manage herd health from birth through lactation and dry-off
• Help manage milking herd and parlor operations
• Perform breeding, health protocols and routine treatments
• Address emergencies and routine farm tasks as needed
• Coordinate with owner on priorities and direction
• Support relief tasks in feeding or milking when required

Skills

Heat detect

Herd health

Livestock handling

Milking parlor operations

Tools

Ovsync program

Vaccination program

Dairy equipment

Job description

Dairy Farm Herdsman / Herd Manager (6181)

Location: Missouri

JobNumber: 6181

Dairy Farm Herdsman / Herd Manager Position immediately available on a modern dairy expanding to 650 cows in north western Missouri. Candidates for this position will take primary responsibility in herd health operations from birth through lactation/dry off as well as to help to manage the specifics of the milking herd as well. Primary responsibilities would include breeding, hospital work, mastitis treatment and management, responding to immediate concerns (down cows, calf pulling, sick cows), running ovsync and vaccination protocols, sorting and moving cows into appropriate pens, identifying cows for the vet and hoof trimmer, eventually helping to manage parlor operations. Relief responsibilities would include: relief feeder, relief milker, and relief pasture/heifer manager. The candidate would report directly to the owner and would meet with owner weekly to determine priorities and direction, as well as daily meetings/instruction as needed. The candidate would need to demonstrate competence on a variety of areas of the farm in able to familiarize him/herself with the operation. This would probably take the form of doing certain specific tasks for a few weeks each in order to become familiar (milking, feeding, etc). The goal is to have a herdsman who is then familiar throughout the farm and is able to respond to a variety of different issues as they arise. The longer term goal is to also help the herdsman develop the skills needed to manage people as well as cows and eventually move into more of a management position.

Qualifications

• A.I. cattle in headlocks or chute
• Heat detect
• Run Ovsync program
• Run vaccination program
• Diagnose common dairy health issues: Milk Fever, Mastitis, Metritis, Ketosis, Lameness, etc
• Manage pens: sorting, moving, evaluating cows
• Familiar with dairy equipment

Traditional farm house provided.